Railway-track-laying apparatus



' (No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1. BAOKORS. RAILWAY TRACK LAYING APPARATUS.

Patented ,Dec. 30, 1884-.

. rnnr 1 r FFICEQ ELIAS AOKORS, OF INDIANOLA, IOWA.

RAI LW AY-TRACK-LAYI NG APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,814, dated December30,188

Application filed May 13, 1884. (No model.l

To coZZ whom it may soccer/1 Be it known that I, ELIAS ACKORS, of Indianola, in the county of Warren and State of Iowa, have invented aRailway-Track-Laying Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to save time and expense in building railroads; and myinvention consists in the construction and combination, with a car ortruck, of an auxiliary carriage that is adapted for distributingcrossties, a device for lowering crossties from the car-platform to theauxiliary carriage, lateral extensions at the sides of the car-platformfor carrying railway-rails, and mechanism for lowering rails and placingthem upon the ties, as hereinafter fully set forth, in such a mannerthat cross ties and rails can be loaded upon a construction-train andcarried from the supply-depot direct to the place where they are to belaid, and ties and rails taken direct from the train and placed inposition to extend the track so that the construction-train can beadvanced to the end of each new section of track to discharge ties andrails for another section direct upon the road-bed where they are to beplaced and to remain as a part of a continuous permanent railroad.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side View, and Fig. 2 is atop view, of my machine. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through thelinear or of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa transverse section through the line y yof Fi 2. Fig. 5 is an end view of the complete machine in position onthe track.

Jointly considered,these figures clearly illustrate the construction andoperation of my complete invention.

A represents a platform upon a common car in an elevated position. It iscomposed of three parallel planks on the top of a frame, B, that issupported upon trucks, and is adapted for carrying railway-ties placedacross the three parallel top planks.-

0 represents my auxiliary carriage. Its rear end is in the form of atruck that is adapted to move upon the railway-track. It is connectedwith the car by means of a parallel rack, D, that extends under theelevated platform of the car and engages a gear-wheel, F, that is fixedto a rotating shaft in such a mannor that the rack D and carriage G canbe moved longitudinally relative to the car and track by rotating thewheel F by means of a crank.

I is a rod fixed under the platform A.

F is a grooved roller that moves on the rod, and is connected with thecarriage O by means of a bearer, F, to suspend the carriage.

G represents an endless carrier, mounted in bearings fixed to the endsof the rack D.

11' represents my device for lowering ties from the elevated platform tothe endless carrier G. It consists of a frame pivoted to the platform insuch a manner that it can be turned flat upon the platform to allow atie to be rolled upon it, and then readily adjusted to carry the tiedown upon the endless carrier.

J J represent lateral extensions at the sides of the frame B, that areadapted to carry railway-rails at the opposite ends of the ties upon theelevated platform.

K K are rollers at the rear ends of the extensions J, upon which therails upon the extensions may be successively placed to facilitatepulling the rails rearward and laying them in advance of the car, asrequired, to extend the track from the end of the construction-train.

L L represent tongs attached to the auxiliary carriage C in such amanner that they can be readily attached to the ends of rails placedupon the rollers K to pull the rails rearward relative to the stationarycar on the end of the track as the auxiliary carriage is moved fromunder the elevated platform by means of the rack D and rotatinggear-wheel F.

1 2 3 4 represent a series of pins projecting vertically from theendless carrier G. A crosstie is placed across the carrier and againsteach pm, as required, to space the distances between the tics upon thecarrier and the road bed upon which they are to be placed.

In the practical operation of myinvention I load a car at a supply-depotwith cross-ties and rails, and then by means of a locomotive-engine pushit to the end of the track that is to be extended, and let it standthere. I then place rails on the rollers K, on the opposite sides of thecar, and attach the tongs L to the ends. I next, by means of a crank 011the ends of the axle of the wheel F and the me]; D,n1ove the auxiliarycarriage rearward, and drag the rails along until they are immediatelyover the portion they are to occupy upon the road-bed. I next lower tiessuccessively by means of the device H, and move them rearward insuccession by means of the endless carrier G,whicl1 is operated by meansof a crank until the ties are immediately over the position they are tooccupy upon the roadbed. The ties are then successively taken off thecarrier and placed across the road-bed, and the rails then placed uponthe ties and fastened to allow the car to be advanced upon them to theend of the new section of track. By repeating the operation anothersection of track can be readily laid, and the road thus continued untilthe terminus is reached without loading and unloading the ties and railsmore than once, or carrying them about after they are once placed uponthe road-bed.

I claim as my invention- 1. The machine for carrying material and layingrailway-tracks composed of a car hav' ing an elevated platform adaptedfor carrying cross-ties, an auxiliary carriage, 0, connected with thecar by means of racks D, gear-wheels F, for operating the-racks andmoving the can riage C, an endless carrier, G, a tie-lowering 1 device,H, rail-supporting extensions J, rollers K, and tongs L, substantiallyas shown and described, to operate in the manner set forth.

2. The carriage 0, having a fixed rack, D, and the endless tie-carriersG, and the grooved roller 1 in the bearer F*, in combination with a carhaving a rotating gear-wheel, F, and a fixed bar, 1*, to operate in themanner set forth, for the purposes stated.

The pivoted tie-lowering device H, in combination with the platform A ofa car and endless carrier G, having projections l 2 3 4 at regularintervals of space, and an auxiliary carriage adapted to support theendless carriers G, and mechanism for operating said endless carriers,for the purposesstated.

l. The auxiliary carriage OD, carrying adjustable tongs L, incombination with a car, A B, having lateral extensions J, and rollers K,substantially as shownand described, to operate in the manner set forth,for the purposes stated.

ELIAS AOKORS.

Witnesses:

J. B. KNoTTs, GEO. WV. SEEvERs.

